Held at San Diego, California's historic U.S. Grant Hotel from May 11-13, an audience of 350 industry visionaries, executives and investors gathered with the editorial staff of Red Herring to discuss the current state of technology and consider the most promising private tech companies in the U.S.
200 Finalists for the Red Herring Top 100 were selected from more than 2,000 entries and then invited to present their product and company vision. In addition to Qtask, this year's finalists included web video 'personal remote' service ffwd; Outspark virtual playground; MixMatchMusic online community for music collaboration and creation; and Mob4Hire crowd sourced mobile application and usability testing.
Following two and a half days of presentations, keynote speakers and roundtable discussions, the Top 100 North American companies were selected from the 200 Finalists. Previous winners of this prestigious award include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, SalesForce.com and YouTube.
"We are honored to be a recipient of the 2009 Red Herring Top 100 North America award, and to be in the company of fellow recipients like Twitter, YouSentIt, HubSpot and Zimbio," said Russell Mix, Qtask Co-founder and CEO. "This acknowledgement validates not only the need for transparency and accountability in today's workplace, but also all the hard work our global team has done to make Qtask as complete and intuitive as possible."
The 2009 Red Herring Top 100 North America award winners will now have an opportunity to compete in a Global version of the awards against the Red Herring Top 100 from Asia, Europe and South America.
"Qtask technology aims at changing the way the world works," said Alex Vieux, CEO of Red Herring. "As economic pressures grow, Qtask could elevate the efficiency, transparency and accountability needed in today's marketplace. That is why we selected the company as one of our Red Herring North America winners."
About Red Herring
Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available at www.redherring.com.
About Qtask
Founded in 2007, Qtask is a comprehensive, secure SaaS-based collaboration and project management environment that adds accountability and improves bottom line results. Qtask provides uniquely transparent and dynamic collaboration capabilities to effectively manage all projects to successful completion, reduce overhead expenses and increase productivity. Qtask, when implemented, becomes a team's or a company's virtual office accessible anytime, from anywhere. Headquartered in Burbank, California, Qtask is a privately held company.
Click here to see a complete list of the 2009 Red Herring Top 100 North America Finalists and Award Winners.
